*A murder mystery*
The story is about Rose , a girl who transfers to a new school due to some reasons.
She finds herself making new friends who seem to be like the best people she had ever met. She gets attached to them so quickly unlike her past ex...
But Stella calling us for help sent different thoughts in our minds.
"If that idiot does anything to my sister, I am going to kill him!" Ashton was fuming anger, his hands going through his hair again and again showing his impatience.
"Calm down, Nathan himself is in danger," I said keeping a hand on his arm as we drove across the lane.
Brady was holding the steering so tightly that his knuckles turned white. He looked at me for a minute and he had the same thought which crossed Ashton's mind. He too thought of Stella as his younger sister. I assured him with a blink of my eyes that everything was gonna be fine.
"What if Nathan is the killer? He tricked us and is going to kill one of us..?" Said Zayn genuinely scared.
"Nathan is not the killer." Said Ryan sternly his eyes showing anger.
All the eyes turned to him, to see if his confidence was real.
"I mean he might not be the killer. But the question is what is Stella doing there?" He said as everybody turned back to think their minds out.
"Maybe she understood that the letter was 'N' and she went to rescue him?" Zayn applied his guesses again.
"Why would she go alone without telling us?" Said Brady as he changed the gear.
"Also where would've she got this piece of paper? She was not with me at my home when I left." I said shoving off the paper.
We all were scared for Stella. But what if she was playing some games with us?
Brady suddenly took a sharp turn which made me bump into Ryan.
That took me two years back when we had a car accident,
The impact of that collision between our car and the vehicle in front of us was very powerful and painful.
I had struck my head on the headrest of the front seat. Fortunately wearing the seat belt was a good idea, or else I would have been flying from the front glass to the next car.
The injury certainly gave pain but along with that, I felt the pain from the nearby voices. People were crying and shouting and whatnot.
The accident attracted a large crowd but my father prioritising me, sent me and my mother with the car which his friend had brought.
He was not responsible for the accident but the person in front was surely enough.
Still, my father took into his hands to save them. I don't know what happened after that. We never discussed that.
"Are you fine Rose?" Asked Ryan holding me back.
"Huh?" I looked at Ryan.
"I..ahh... I am sorry Rose." Said Brady with his eyes red. Not from guilt but from anger as he thought every possible way of Nathan being the supporter of that murder.
"Are you fine ?" Asked Brady coming from his trance.
"Are you?" I asked not expecting an answer when we reached Nathan's home.
I saw huge gushes of smoke escaping from the right side of a house. Which was Nathan's.
"Oh shit !" Said Ryan as he was the first to take in the scenario and jump out of the car.
I kept my foot outside the car when Brady came to my side, "Don't get out. Stay here."
I held his hand and helped myself out of the car.
"I'll be okay," I said.
As we went to the house, I saw the fire brigade extinguishing the fire.
Stella was at a far corner her lips shivering from fear. Her eyes were red as if she had cried already but now was on the verge of crying again, controlling her tears inside.
Nathan must have called the police department people too as he was talking to them.
I sprinted towards Stella and hugged her. Her tears which she was holding for long time now were free. She sobbed on my shoulder, as I patted her back.
I prepared to take her to the car when Detective Lockwood came in his super expensive car.
I ignored his presence and took Stella to the car through which we came.
"Tell me everything when you are ready," I said and passed her the bottle of water.
She gulped down a sip and said, "Rose, I don't know how to say this ..." again came her small sobs.
"It's fine, you can tell me anytime you want to, let's first get you home," I said and sat alongside her.
Brady jogged back from Nathan and started the engine.
"Why are the others not coming?" I asked him.
"They'll join us later." He said.
Suddenly Detective Lockwood came in front of the car and stopped us.
"I have some questions to ask." He said bluntly.
"I told you, you can ask her anything tomorrow. She is scared, let her sleep it off tonight." Brady pleaded.
"You know what? This is a great time, people speak the truth when they are scared." The detective opened the door and motioned Stella to come out.
"Hey, I'll answer all your questions, just let her go. Please!" Shouted Nathan from a little distance.
What was happening? Was Nathan the killer?
Was ... was Stella involved too?
I saw Ashton. He was quiet, not saying anything. As if he had realised something. Was he thinking the same?
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